Serving as the review authority for all applications seeking funding support from the NHPRC for records projects, the THRAB advises the NHPRC on the suitability of the proposals submitted from state institutions and organizations. Among the projects in Tennessee which have been funded by the NHPRC are the following:

Fisk University, Nashville, TN, to arrange and describe the papers of Charles S. Johnson,
the first African American President of Fisk, 1978 ($22,500)

Between 2002-2009, THRAB has received $44,500 in administrative grant money from the NHPRC to hold meetings and carry out its activities

THRAB, State and National Archival Partnership Grant, to provide regrant funding for Tennessee’s historical records, preserving and providing access to Tennessee’s historical records, educating and training records custodians, and supporting archival program development and enhancement, 2009 ($60,000)